The Hoxton sm302 timepiece

Building on the success of the Shaftesbury sm301, Garrick continues to play its part in the resurgence of British watchmaking by releasing its new Hoxton SM302 timepiece. This particular model continues to employ some of the striking design codes of this quintessential British watch company, but ‘pared-down’ to reveal merely the essentials of time, namely hours and minutes.The Hoxton sm302 is offered in a variety of colourways, ranging from restrained anthracite, to beguiling blues, chaste white and vivacious reds.

The devil is in the detail

The idiom, ‘The devil is in the detail’ could easily be applied to the Hoxton SM302, such is the distilled nature of each part of its composition. Moreover, there is nothing immoral about this horological offering. On the contrary, its virtuous specification and refined creation is evident within moments of making its acquaintance.

The dials and unique longer than normal hands are made in-house by Garrick’s own talented team of skilled watchmakers. The caseband of the Hoxton SM302 features delightful graining, softening the appearance of the case and granting a tempered tone to proceedings.

Gracing the surface of the hand-turned dial is an applied chapter ring, retained with three thermally blued screws. Garrick was keen not to countersink the screws, choosing to leave them slightly proud of the chapter ring in order to enhance the three dimensional aspect of the dial architecture and allow the screw slots to readily interface with ambient light. In isolation, this specification detail may sound minor, but at Garrick, there is a firm belief that attention to detail is of paramount importance.

The 42mm diameter case is optimally sized for the majority of wearers and collaborates with the supple Cordovan strap to grant exceptional levels of wearer comfort. Price £2495

Specification

Case

316L Stainless Steel.

42mm Case

12.5mm Depth

Sapphire Crystal with AR Coating

20mm Lugs

Sapphire Crystal Exhibition Caseback

Dial

Machined Brass Dial with a choice of rhodium plating or enamel coating

Stainless Steel chapter rings

Chapter Rings are raised on steel pillars

Thermal Blued screws hold the Chapter Rings in place

Movement

Manual Wind NOS Unitas 6497 base movement

Screwed Balance Wheel

Thermal Blued Screws

Functions

Hours and Minutes displayed on the center dial

Power Reserve: 42 hours

Frequency: 18000 vph

Hands

Rhodium Plated Hours & Minutes with or without

luminous coating (Garrick watch hands are unique in design and longer than normal)

Buckle

316L Stainless Steel pin buckle

Strap

Alligator or Premium Leather

Quill & Pad

Thanks to the new Calibre UT-G01, the Portsmouth is set to become the first watch that defines the company as a watchmaker first and foremost

Escapement

The Garrick Portsmouth is an expensive watch but, based on its array of attributes, justifiably so. Indeed, I would even suggest the watch is actually underpriced and would warrant another £4000 on the asking price and still prove competitive

Monochrome

The important thing for British watchmaking is that Garrick Watch Co. is very much part of the conversation.

The Telegraph

Norfolk based outfit incubating long lost skills, and turning out exquisitely finished watches using a new movement.

Quill & Pad

Thanks to the new Calibre UT-G01, the Portsmouth is set to become the first watch that defines the company as a watchmaker first and foremost

Escapement

The Garrick Portsmouth is an expensive watch but, based on its array of attributes, justifiably so. Indeed, I would even suggest the watch is actually underpriced and would warrant another £4000 on the asking price and still prove competitive

Monochrome

The important thing for British watchmaking is that Garrick Watch Co. is very much part of the conversation.

The Telegraph

Norfolk based outfit incubating long lost skills, and turning out exquisitely finished watches using a new movement.